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TOURISM CONCEPTS AND TERMS
Tourism:
• A social, cultural, and economic phenomenon
related to the movement of people to places
outside their usual place of residence, pleasure
being the usual motivation – Department of
Tourism (DOT)
• The activities of persons traveling to and staying
in places outside their usual environment for
not more than one (1) consecutive year for
leisure, business, and other purposes not
related to the exercise of an activity
remunerated from within the place visited. –
United Nations World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO)
• It is the behavior of tourists, and what they
need and seek. (Demand-sided Focus
Definition)
• It describes the product offered to tourists,
what the tourists experience. (Supply-sided
Focus Definition)
Essential Requirements for Tourism:
• Time – as the hours for leisure increases, so
does the opportunity for travel. Changes in
work days or hours and school calendars will
affect how and when people can travel.
• Money – the majority of travel requires
discretionary income. Discretionary income is
the money left over after all monetary
obligations (food, rent, and taxes) have been
paid.
• Mobility – is the access to transportation (car,
bus, plane, train, or ship) and the hours
required to get to a destination.
• Motivation – is the reason why people travel.
Motivations may include seeking novelty,
education, meeting new people, adventure, or
stress reduction (DOT, 2010).
Forms of Tourism:
• Domestic Tourism – involving residents of the
given country traveling only within this country
• Inbound Tourism – involving non-residents
traveling to a given country
• Outbound Tourism – involving residents
traveling to another country
• Internal Tourism – comprises domestic and
inbound tourism
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• National Tourism – comprises domestic and
outbound tourism
• International Tourism – consists of inbound and
outbound tourism
Basic Tourism Units:
Travelers
Other
Visitors
Travelers
Same-Day
Tourists
Tourists
Figure 1. Basic Tourism Units (DOT, 2010)
International Visitor:
• This refers to a traveler taking a trip to a main
destination outside his/her usual environment,
for less than a year, for any main purpose
(business, leisure, or other personal purpose)
other than to be employed by a resident entity
in the country or place visited (UNWTO, 2010).
• This refers to any person who travels to a
country other than that in which s/he has
his/her usual residence but outside his/her
usual environment for a period not exceeding
twelve (12) months and whose main purpose of
visit is other than the exercise of an activity
remunerated from within the country visited
(DOT, 2010).
International Tourist:
• This refers to a person who stays at least one (1)
night in a collective or private accommodation
in the country visited.
International Same-Day Visitor:
• This is a visitor who does not spend the night in
a collective or private accommodation in the
country visited. This definition includes cruise
passengers who arrive in a country on a cruise
ship and return to the ship each night to sleep
on board even though the ship remains in port
for several days. Also included in this group are
owners or passengers of yachts and passengers
on a group tour accommodated in a train.
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Domestic Visitor: REFERENCES:

• This refers to any resident of the Philippines United Nations. (2010). Basic Concepts and
who travels to a place in the Philippines other Definitions: Travel and Tourism (Domestic and
than his usual place of environment for a period International). Retrieved on October 9, 2017
not more than 365 days for any reason other from:
than following an occupation remunerated at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradeserv/Worksh
the place visited. Minimum distance of travel ops/Chisinau/docs/05%20a%20-%20UNWTO-
covered is between municipality and with Basis%20concepts.pdf
purposes of trip as any of the following: Visit my Philippines. (2010). Fundamental Tourism
pleasure (holidays, culture, active sports, visit Concepts. Retrieved on October 9, 2017 from:
to relatives and friends, and/or other pleasure http://www.visitmyphilippines.com/images/ad
purposes); professional (events, official s/eedd439c236d43cfaaae20c8e7ff8b75.pdf
mission, and/or business); and other purposes
(short-term studies, health, and/or pilgrimage).
Domestic Tourist:
• This person stays at least one (1) night and not
more than 365 days in a collective or private
accommodation in a place visited.
Domestic Same-Day Visitor:
• This is a domestic visitor who does not spend
even a night in a collective or private
accommodation at the place of visit.
• It is also known as excursionist (DOT, 2010).
Tourism Product:
• This consists of the elements of a trip and what
a person does on the way to his/her destination
and when staying there (Burkhart, 1981 as cited
by DOT, 2010).
• It may consist of (a) built and natural
attractions, (b) tours and packages, (c) services
for travelers (e.g., shopping, restaurants,
accommodations, medical), and (d) other
activities (DOT, 2010).
Travel:
• This refers to the activity of travelers.
• The act of moving from one (1) place to another
(UNWTO, 2010).
Trip:
• This is the travel by a person from the time of
departure from his usual residence until he/she
returns.
• It is made up of visits to different places.

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